Trade/Shipping/Ports
editThe Gulf of Mexico is very crucial to shipping and global trade as a whole, mainly because of its central location in the mouth of the Mississippi River. Another reason why the Gulf of Mexico is important to the global economy is because of its central location in the Gulf of Mexico. Additionally, it is considered an economic powerhouse due to its location in the second largest exporting, and largest importing nation, the United States. [1]
With the United States means of propulsion and global power it is a very important route of shipping lanes and ports. With the ports comes the importance of the Houston-Galveston Customs District which encloses seven ports, those being Houston, Corpus Christi, Freeport, Galveston, Port Lavaca, Texas City, and George Bush Intercontinental Airport. In 2020 it was reported that the Huston-Galveston Customs District operated 227.4 million metric tons of produce and goods. While the port of Houston alone handled more tonnage than any other port in the nation.[2]
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- ^ Exports by Country 2021. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/exports-by-country. Accessed 21 Dec. 2021.
- ^ Sherrill, C. O. “The Port of New Orleans.” Professional Memoirs, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, and Engineer Department at Large, vol. 6, no. 25, 1914, pp. 1–47. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/44697537.